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Trump's 'Voter-Fraud' Investigation Targets States That Opposed Him

The White House says an inquiry into baseless claims of illegal voting will spare states that voted for the president.
Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters

During his sole press conference as president-elect, on January 11, Donald Trump seemed to promise more favorable treatment for states that had voted for him in the election. “We focused very hard in those states and they really reciprocated,” he said. “And those states are gonna have a lot of jobs and they’re gonna have a lot of security. They’re going to have a lot of good news for their veterans.”

Already, on day 5 of his administration, there are signs of just how red and blue states—and more broadly, areas that voted for Trump as opposed to those that did not—might receive disparate

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